Cockrell v. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court. ‘

Defendant Casper Sullivan, appeals from a judgment for $269.80 in favor of plaintiff G-ertrude Cockrell, entered by the circuit court of Sangamon county on a jury verdict for damages resulting from a collision of plaintiff’s automobile with that of defendant, the latter being driven by a thief at the time.

The facts seem undisputed. When defendant’s car was stolen on January 17, 1950, in Springfield, Illinois, the key was in the ignition switch, having been left there by defendant in violation of paragraph 189 of chapter 95½ of the [1949] Illinois Revised…